Pleasure-railway.



No. 862,798. PATENTED AUG. 6, 1907. A. BRAGG.

PLEASURE RAILWAY.

APPLIUATION IILED 0012.30. 1906.

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ARTHUR BRAGG, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PLE ASURE-RAILWAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1907.

Application filed October 30,1906. Serial No. 341,247.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR BRAGG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, State of New York, haveinventedeertain new and useful Improvements in Pleasure-Railways; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to pleasure railways and has for its object toprovide a frame which is mounted for rotary movement upon an axle whichlatter carries wheels which travel upon spaced tracks and the primary objcct of the invention is to provide means for rotating the frame at theproper speed regardless of the speed of travel of the device.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction of carfor railways of this class which may turn short corners and yet permitproper rotation of the frame work above mentioned.

Broadly speaking the invention resides in the provision of an axle ateach end of which is fixedly carried brackets including oppositelyextending arms upon which are journaled wheels which travel upon spacedtracks and in mounting upon the axle for rotation thereon, the frame,the said frame being driven by means of suitable gearing from one of theaforesaid wheels and being provided with cars which are suspendedtherefrom.

In the accompanying drawingsFigure 1 is a side elevation of theinvention. Fig. 2 isa top plan view thereof, one of the spaced annularmembers of the frame being shown in section to show the gearing forrotating the frame.

Referring more specifically to the drawings the numeral 5 denotes anaxle at each end of which is fixedly mounted a bracket including each apair of oppositely and downwardly extending arms which are provided attheir lower ends with inwardly turnedstub shafts 7 upon which arejournaled peripherally grooved wheels 8 which travel upon tracks 9, itbeing understood that the tracks are spaced apart a distance equal tothe distance between the wheels at each end of the axle. The frame isrotatably mounted upon the axle and the said frame comprises a pair ofspaced annular members'lO which are mounted upon the axle by means ofhubs 11 and spokes 12 the said members being each substantially in theform of a wheel and the said members are properly spaced from each otherand connected together by means of brace rods 13 from which aresuspended cars 14. One of the annular members 10 has its inner peripheryof beveled gear formation as indicated by the numeral 15 and formedintegral with one of the wheels 8 is a pinion 16 which meshes with apinion 1'7 journaled upon the inwardly turned end 18 of an arm 19 whichis formed integral with the arm 6 upon which the wheel 8 carrying thepinion 16 is located. Formed integral with the pinion 17 is a bevel gear20 which is in mesh with the beveled geared periphery 15 of the annularmember 10 above described.

From the foregoing it will be observed that when traveling upon theinclined track the gearing will be actuated to rotate the frame formedby the annular members 10 and the connecting rods 13 and that thegearing may be so regulated that the frame will be turned gradually andnot with sufficient rapidity to throw the cars outwardly therefrom andit will also be observed that by reason of the fact that the wheels 8upon each side of the frame are only slightly spaced from each other,the short turn may be made by the device whereas if the annular members10 ran upon the tracks a curve having a considerable radius would berequired.

It is to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exactdetails of construction shown and described, for obvious modificationswill occur to a person skilled in the art.

What is claimed is:-

A device of the class described comprising an axle, brackets secured tothe axle at each of its ends, the axle being nonrotatable, wheelscarried by the brackets and arranged to travel upon a. section of track,a frame supported upon the axle for rotation thereon, an extensionformed integral with one of the brackets, a gear formed upon the trackwheel adjacent the extension, a'stub shaft carried by the extension, agear jonrnaled upon the shaft and meshing" with the gear upon the trackwheel, said last named gear having a bevel gear portion, and a bevelgear formed upon a portion of the frame and meshing with the last namedgear.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

ARTHUR BRAGG.

Witnesses:

ELIZABETH M. P-nxee, MAX V. Bnxee.

